Fujikaiten - Munich

Glad you've got this place listed because the sushi deal here is excellent. Mid-day it's just 11.50 Euros for all you can eat, in the evening it goes up to something like 19 (although I'm not sure about that. The midday all-you-can-eat offer runs from 11am until 3pm. I'd recommend getting there at 1.30pm at the latest though. We showed up last Saturday at 2pm. All tables were taken so we were ushered upstairs where they have a kind of waiting room area. After about 20 mins a table became free. We indulged in plate after plate of sushi (and the bits and bobs which also come with it: eg. roast battered onions, spring rolls, etc). But we weren't fast enough. Shortly after 3pm the conveyorbelt was emptied. I was still hungry! So I'm going to go back soon to stuff myself silly and make up on what I lost out on last time. Very nice atmosphere. You always see Japanese people eating in there too. So that must be a good sign, right? Not only is the food tasty, good value, but it's fun too! Take a date. She'll love it. (No I don't work for this place. Just a very happy customer!)

Mr. Brian is correct. This is a great deal for €11). My bf has taken me there twice for Saturday lunch (you should reserve, but say you want a table on the conveyor belt!), then after fully stuffing ourselves (stopped counting dishes after 25) had quick espresso at one of the coffee place right next door, then took a lovely walk in the English Garden. The service personnel are so friendly. Really nice people and very accomodating.

Ok, I was totally unimpressed with Fujikaiten. After reading the previous comments, I made a Saturday afternoon reservation. We get there and the place is packed, so I thought this was a good sign. But, alas.... My biggest gripe is the selection. For the first 30 minutes, the only sushi-type stuff being rolled out were California Rolls (fake crab, of course), cream cheese & avocado rolls (never saw this one before) and the occassional salmon roll. This is not an exaggeration. Very few pieces of the normally chewy nigiri calamari passed, but they didn't look good enough to pull. Finally, as I had gotten my fill on rice and avocado, a few pieces of salmon nigiri came out. One piece actually made it to me, since everyone else in the restaurant jumped on these. Maybe Fujikaiten has a better selection for dinner (we have visited Fujisan for dinner and were quite pleased with quality and selection there), but I doubt I'll give them a second try.

The all-you-can-eat selection is substantially better in the evenings. Twice I've been at lunchtimes now, and twice I'd agree with the comments above. There was a lack of variety. California rolls and not much else. I went back the other evening, however, and there was all sorts on offer. Fresh shrimps, muscles, fruit, even ice-cream! Evenings are considerably more expensive though. They cost about 20 Euro as opposed to 11 Euro at lunchtime. You get what you pay for.

I went to Fujikaiten for dinner last week and was very impressed. I don't think I've ever eaten so much. Very tasty too. One complaint I have though is that the deserts seemed to come out very intermittently and were always grabbed by people nearer the serving hatch. [useless trivia] The chef and waiting staff are not Japanese. They are either Chinese or Taiwanese. This is reflected in the selection of dishes that you get, which often includes several Chinese, and even Korean, styles of food. Also they don't seem to be very good at Japanese kanji. Their business cards read "fujisan" and the receipts read "fujikaiwa". [/useless trivia]

I think its 22 euros in the evening, although I was there on a Sunday so maybe its even more expensive at weekends. I recall that the drinks were pricey too. The food was good as is quite varied. The selection of Sushi is not huge though. Staff were very nice, my only complaints were that a lot (actually all) of the diners tend to leave the little windows open as they eat. This is fine expect that Germans seem to smoke a lot during their meals, which is not so nice. Smoked Sushi? No thanks!

Just another Sushi restaurant cater for non asians. Sigh

The food is okay but what I don't like is that if you want to have the "all you can eat" deal you gotta sit inside. Went there last night (nice summer evening) and wanted to sit outside for eating - was told by the staff that all-you-can-eat is only available indoors because they can't be bothered going outside to wait on the all-you-can-eaters (as opposed to people eating a la carters). So I offered we'd bring in our empty plates ourselves and they still wouldn't budge. Bad customer service, petty, too - so we left without eating and won't be back, no matter how good the food might be.

Well that's just plain daft! Of course you have to sit inside to eat 'all-you-can-eat'!!! How else can you reach the conveyer belt carrying the food? You can't expect the staff to ferry plate after plate of sushi past you whilst you um and ah about which dish to take. T'chya! Some customers, eh? Who needs 'em?

Ahhh, the innocence of some people - maybe the restaurant needs to change the logo to "all you can eat at the sushi bar !"

Well I did offer to go inside and take the plates from the conveyer belt myself ...nobody was expecting staff to ferry the food - that would have been daft. But for staff to object to someone sitting outside, and then going inside to get their own food off the belt ... well, that is just plain daft to me.

Would you not have to reach over the other guests, who would be sitting at the tables next to the conveyor belt? I imagine that woul dbe rather annoying. For the guests being reached over, I mean. Not the person doing the reaching over.

No, you wouldn't. You can take the food from the side of the conveyor belt, which is what the head waiter had suggested and which worked fine. It was just the chef (and presumably owner) who disagreed - one presumes out of spite, since there was no other reason. Whatever, I shan't be going there again. Good if a restaurant is doing so well that they can afford to drive away their customers.

We went there for dinner one night and I was REALLY unimpressed. The food there is not good! If you want all-you-can-eat sushi, Aikakiko is a better bet, and if you just want good sushi full stop, try Sushi Cent - for 46 Euros, we had a set sushi plate and it was still more than two of us could eat and the quality was MUCH better than anything at Fujikaiten.

The evening all you can eat is now €24. FujiSan at Stiglmaierplatz still has an evening offer special of €18.80. The food in Fujikaiten also didn't seem as good as FujiSan's - maybe because the latter is a smaller restaurant. Anyway I know which one to go to min the future.

The deal is now 9.90 euros for lunch, which is a damn good deal for what you get. The sushi isn't world class, but it's not bad either. They serve other things as well, not just sushi. Overall, you can't go wrong for 9.90.

9,90 for sushi, something smells fishy... why do people go only for the prices and not the quality? Good deals might be good for the pocket but not for the tummy.

I went here a few times, but always felt a bit queasy afterwards. At the time they charged €19,99 for the all you can eat offer in the evenings. The last time I went there, I got an allergic reaction while eating their pickles. I walked out of there sporting huge flaming red blotches all over my decolletage. Never went back. It is run by Chinese, not by Japanese, hence the low prices.

Please don't dine at running sushi bars or "all you can eat" sushi place. They are no good. Evil. If you are in a mood for sushi, do the real sushi. I've found that Sushibar on Marschallstr a good place to be, although it may not compete for the best sushi in Europe.